I've posted the below in Turkeys twice now but was wondering if you maybe has some thoughts too. I have a Bourbon Red hen that came with our house, I've only had her 2 months, not sure of her exact age...thinking less than a year old. She sits, spreads her wings a bit, shakes a little and has a clean mucus coming from her vent. I can pretty much do what i want with her in this stage, where normally she is a bit skiddish.
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This is happening again this morning. She was totally fine when I let them out, got feed. I watched them eat (my BR, 1 Ausrt. and 2 bantam chickens) for about 5 mintues and all seemed fine. Red was picking at the chickens a little bit, normally she is fine with them, but did peck at each one at least once. Their food bowl is plenty big, and the chickens seemed cautious of her....I know she pecks at them on occassion, but not normally this much.
After watching them eat I got up to go inside and suddenly I saw Red squat down, thinking she was pooping....but them she moved a bit to be on level ground and sat and started shaking slightly with her wings spread a little. I pet her and talked to her, and she let me touch her everywhere without noise. She cooed a bit under her breath. I looked at her vent and it seems a little red and puffy?? I have no idea what it is supposed ot look like on a normal day. And again there was just a trace of clear thick liquid (like egg white) oozing out.
Im wondering too if this hasn't happened semi regularly. I have noticed a few time when I look out on the pen that she is sitting down in the dirt, but forgot about this episode until it happened again today. Maybe it is happening on the regular? Could this be an egg issue? What if she is breaking eggs inside??? Or not producing shell??
Any thoughts here???
Thanks for any advice??
from turkey forum:
This is happening again this morning. She was totally fine when I let them out, got feed. I watched them eat (my BR, 1 Ausrt. and 2 bantam chickens) for about 5 mintues and all seemed fine. Red was picking at the chickens a little bit, normally she is fine with them, but did peck at each one at least once. Their food bowl is plenty big, and the chickens seemed cautious of her....I know she pecks at them on occassion, but not normally this much.
After watching them eat I got up to go inside and suddenly I saw Red squat down, thinking she was pooping....but them she moved a bit to be on level ground and sat and started shaking slightly with her wings spread a little. I pet her and talked to her, and she let me touch her everywhere without noise. She cooed a bit under her breath. I looked at her vent and it seems a little red and puffy?? I have no idea what it is supposed ot look like on a normal day. And again there was just a trace of clear thick liquid (like egg white) oozing out.
Im wondering too if this hasn't happened semi regularly. I have noticed a few time when I look out on the pen that she is sitting down in the dirt, but forgot about this episode until it happened again today. Maybe it is happening on the regular? Could this be an egg issue? What if she is breaking eggs inside??? Or not producing shell??
Any thoughts here???
Thanks for any advice??
